Occupational Group: Domestic Workers

Claiming Rights – Domestic Workers’ Movements

This research paper is a joint project between the International Domestic Workers’ Network (which is supported by WIEGO), the International...

Neoliberal austerity and the marketisation of elderly careSocial and Cultural Geography

Taking the recent debate on austerity as a starting point, this paper discusses contradictions in current processes of neoliberalisation...

Swept Under the Rug: Abuses Against Domestic Workers Throughout the World

Urban Employment in India: Recent Trends and Patterns

Working Paper 7 was first published in 2011 and was updated in 2014. This paper explores trends in urban employment in India, with a focus...

Report on Domestic Workers in Ghana

Overview of the domestic worker sector in Ghana

Procrastination in Recognizing the Rights of Domestic Workers in Ethiopia

Abstract: The 1960 Ethiopian Civil Code regulates domestic working conditions, and it largely depends on employers’ sense of fairness. The...

The Pitfalls of Home: Protecting the Health and Safety of Paid Domestics

Domestic Workers in Latin America: Statistics for New Policies

This paper analyzes domestic work, where the labour relationship is ill-regulated and difficult to control, and the conditions and characteristics...

Report on Situation of Domestic Workers in Thailand in 2012

Introduction: Regulating Decent Work for Domestic WorkersCanadian Journal of Women and the Law

Adelle Blackett wrote this introduction and was Guest Editor for this issue of the Canadian Journal of Women and the Law.